the grounds divers aspects, and in one and all it appears to be based on the soundest principles, in strict accordance Summary of with the general teaching of Holy Scripture, sup- for resisting ported by the consent of the Universal Church, and change. best calculated to uphold the purity of family life. Nothing that we have ever heard in favour of withdrawing its imposed restrictions can have even a feather's weight against such considerations. ever much the conditions of life in this country may change in coming years, it is a thing to be constantly prayed for, that herein at least England will be true to her history through all the Christian centuries, and continue as hitherto to "stand in the way and ask for the old paths." How INDEX ACT of Parliament for divorce in Basil, S., Letter of, to Amphilochius, Adultery a capital offence with the Akiva, Rabbi, on divorce, 41. Allen, Dr. Nathan, on American Ambrose, S., on divorce, 135. -on equality of husband and wife, 136. Andrewes, Bishop, on Scripture dis- Androgynous, man's nature at first, 3. 119. to Diodorus, 272, 320. CANA of Galilee, Christ's presence at Canons of 1603 on divorce, 177. the apostolic, 89, 269. Catharine, Queen, the divorce of, 296. Chothen, English translation of, 219. Aquinas, S. Thomas, and the School- Chrysostom, S.,evidence of, on divorce men, 162. -on dispensations, 286. Archbishop of Rheims on remarriage, often misinterpreted, 123-6. on second marriages, 280. Cnut, King, laws of, 171. Concessive Legislation, instances of, Connivance of the English Church at Constantine, his conversion and half- his desire to harmonise the laws Cornelius a Lapide, 161. mischievous consequences of this, 116. 324 Councils on divorce and remarriage | Divorce, misinterpretations o of Agde, 276. Arles, 99. Auvergne, 276. Auxerre, 276. Carthage, 44, 147 Eanham, 171, 294. Elvira or Iliberis, 268. Epaone, 276. later Rabbis, 36. Jewish formula of, 34. L the Denmark, 182. Germany, 181, 191. Switzerland, 191, Hermingard, the Lombardic Prin- Lactantius influenced by Constan- cess, 156. High Priest's restriction in marriage,13. Hilary, the Deacon, 137. tine, 112. Legislation, concessive, instances of, 257. Hindu Law on the Levirate marriage, Leo the Great opposes the laxity of 217, 241. Hobab's right relationship to Moses, 219. Honorius, legislation of, 147. illegal marriage of, 271. Hosius of Cordova, 97. Husband, Hebrew equivalents of, 30. ILIBERIS, Council of, 96. the civil law, 160. Levirate Law, the, 240. not Jewish in its origin, 241. Levitical Code of Marriage, 215-7. Jewish interpretation, 226-7. Imperial Court removed from Rome, Lothair, King, repudiates Theut- 109. - legislation on forbidde degrees, Inchastity before marriage, 20. Innocent Pope, on divorce, 145. JEROME, S., on the case of Fabiola, Jehoiada and Joash, 14. John, King, repudiated his wife and Jurists, French, on the Code Napo- Justin Martyr on divorce, 84. KARAITE Rabbis on Levit. xviii. 18, Kethuboth, 17. Kin, near of, its meaning, 224. Kur'an forbids marriage with a de- LACTANTIUS, the first advocate for his right to remarry questioned, 158. L'tseror, various meanings of, 231. Lyndhurst, Lord, his Act, 300. Lord Campbell's views on, 301. Marriage Licences for divorced per- Michaelis on marriage with two influence of, 290, 309. Mishnah, the, on marriage, 17, 247. Moses, concessive legislation of, 45. - against remarriage, 153. his doubtful position between Niece, marriage with a, 270. the East and West, 110. not a theologian, 112. Roman law concerning, 270. |